Jm Tate Case Study

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The case of the J.M. Tate High School, in the school district of Escambia County Florida, has led to this action research project. The school population of J. M. Tate is a body of 2000 students in grades 9 through 12. Statistics obtained from www.ledgerdata.com point out that the school’s population includes 306 African American, 77 bi-racial students, 56 Hispanic students, 23 Native American, 2 Hawaiian Islanders and 1,536 White students. It is estimated that as many as 30 percent of the total student population receives free or reduced lunch, qualifying them as economically disadvantaged. Twelve percent of the students are disabled. The chief issue at hand is the school’s graduation rate of the minority population. The trend

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